of greenpoint



N. HOTZ.

Coe Pot.

No.. 81,169. l Patented Aug. 18, 1868.

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Letters .Patent No. 81,169, dated A ugust 18, 1868; antedated .August 5,1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNV: y

Be it known that I, N. Ho'rz, of Greenpoint, in the county of Kings, andState ofNew York, have invented a new and improved .Culinary Vessel; andthat the following description, ltaken i`n connection with theaccompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exactspecification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature andprinciples of my said improvements, by which my invention may bedistinguished from all others of a similar class.

This invention relates to a' newand improved culinary vessel of. thatclass in which substances are cooked by the process of boling,vand isdesigned -to prevent the escape o f certain gaseous or vaporizedportions ofthe substance being cooked, which give the aroma or agreeableilavor to the substance.

The invention is more especially designed to be applied to coffee-potsin order to retain, during the boiling of the same, the agreeable aroma,which is now chiefly expelled or dissipated.

In the accompanying sheet of drawingsi Figure 1 isa vertical centralsection of my invention, taken in the line a: z, iig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A'represents the body or main portion of a coil'ee-pot,'the upper edgeofwhich is provided with aange, a, extending all around, and projectingout from it, to serve as a water-chamber to make a seal-joint orconnectionbetween the upper vessel B and the lower one, A. 'The uppervessel B is provided at its bottom with a pendant ange, ax, which fitsinto the water-chamber made by the flange a, as shown clearly in iig. 1,and a perfectly steam-tight joint is thereby obtained'. I

C is a coiled pipe, placed within tbe upper vessel B, and communicatingwith the interior of A, and the vessel B is suppliedwith water.

The only vent the coifee-pot A is provided with is the coil-pipe C, thelatter` being open at its upper end, and communicating with the externalair by attachment at an aperture inthe side of the chamber c.

.From the above Vdescription it will be vseen that when the coffeeisboiling, the steam will pass up into pipe C and be condensed therein,said pipe being in fact a condenser, and suciently efficient to condenseall the gaseous or-vapory substance containing the aroma, while at thesame time 'a requisite vent is allowed to prevent the upper vessel beingraised by the pressure of the steam in A. l

I am aware that coffee-pots have been previously provided withcondensers, in order to prevent the escape of aroma, but, so far as I amaware, thc condensers' have had no vent, and consequently the uppervessel com taining the condenser or'pits cover, is iilvariably raised bythe pressure of steam in the coffee-pot, and. the aroma escapes.

This contingency is effectually obviated by my invention, the water-sealjoint preventing any escape of steam or aroma between the two vessels,while the open upper end of the coil or condenser prevents any materialpressure of steam against the bottom ofthe upper vessel,certainly notsuieient pressure to raise it and allow the steam or aroma toV escape. i

I am aware that condensers of somewhat similar construction haveheretofore been used, but in which the steam from the coil escapes intoa close orcovered condenser; these, therefore, 'I do not claim.,

Having thus described my invention, I claim asl new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-'- The condenser C within the chamber B, havingits one end `open tothe boiler A, and its other open to the atmosphere,by an orifice in the side of said condenser, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

N. HOTZ.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA,

